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Do I belong here?

Silly question i know. I ask myself that question alot when i am on this website. I love art. I love to draw and paint. I get commissioned to do stuff every now and again - mainly tattoo designs.
BUT i always end up asking - do i belong here? Am i even GOOD at what i do? I draw alot when i have nothing to do - when work is finished, dinner is done and roomate is in bed. I know my stuff isnt HORRIBLE but compaired to 99.9% of the people on here, my stuff belongs in the trash. I just feel like I am not in you're guys' league. Am i wrong?

Mystress of shadows "Always Tease Never Please"

Art is like a butterfly, Beautiful and free but it is also like a scorpion poisonous and nasty to those who dont know how to handle it.

The quality of Finally Finished is kept to a high standard because that's what draws people to the site in the first place, but compared to the average level of the Sketchbooks forum your work hardly belongs in the trash. If you love art, and you want to get better, then of course you belong here. Now stop feeling inferior and draw something!

Yup. Get into some life drawing. When I look at your work, that's what I think it needs. Attend classes if you can, but even if you can't, draw objects on tables, a table, a table from a different angle, same thing again, and again, then using a different method. Draw your flatmate.. etc

Ya, and just use another pencil if possible. Btw, everyone sucked at first, every single person who started out couldn't draw. There's not a single person on earth who started out with the ability to draw. You are long past sucking, but it takes time, I just realised what potential countour lines have when you manage their quality. It just takes time, Rome wasn't built in a day.

The quality of Finally Finished is kept to a high standard because that's what draws people to the site in the first place, but compared to the average level of the Sketchbooks forum your work hardly belongs in the trash. If you love art, and you want to get better, then of course you belong here. Now stop feeling inferior and draw something!

lol you always seem to make me laugh hun. thanks.

Mystress of shadows "Always Tease Never Please"

Art is like a butterfly, Beautiful and free but it is also like a scorpion poisonous and nasty to those who dont know how to handle it.

Oh come on. I ask myself that a lot (and still do). The point of these forums is to learn from those who have more experience and can offer good critique and advice. If anyone tries to tell you you suck, then they're the ones with the problem.

"Everything must serve the idea. The means used to convey the idea should be the simplest and clear. Just what is required. No extra images. To me this is a universal principle of art. Saying as much as possible with a minimum of means."